Prime Video has announced a premiere date and released a first teaser for Blade Runner 2099 at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, where stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer appeared alongside showrunner Silka Luisa and executive producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.
What is ‘Blade Runner 2099’ about?
According to the official description, the series is set “fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049,” with Los Angeles having “been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city.”
Who stars in ‘Blade Runner 2099’?
Yeoh and Schafer lead the series alongside series regulars Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben. Recurring guest stars include Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi.
Luisa serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Ridley Scott, Kosove and Johnson for Alcon Entertainment, David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger for Scott Free Productions, Tom Spezialy, Richard Sharkey, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra and Isa Dick Hackett. Jonathan van Tulleken directs the first two episodes and executive produces. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group.
When does ‘Blade Runner 2099’ premiere?
Blade Runner 2099 premieres Nov. 25 on Prime Video with all eight episodes.
Watch the teaser below:
Featured image photo credit: Photo: Amazon MGM Studios
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